I'm not too upset about the new one, it will be interesting to hear another newer take on his themes and pretty cool it's by the same composer, Elias. If anyone was thinking about buying just one of them, I would of course say, BUY the original.

Scores a lot, I have been tracking the LP on ebay and almost bought it today, glad I didn't. As a movie convention is coming up and two stars from the film are going to be there, so now I can get them to sign it, YAAAA

Scores a lot, I have been tracking the LP on ebay and almost bought it today, glad I didn't. As a movie convention is coming up and two stars from the film are going to be there, so now I can get them to sign it, YAAAA

Lol, always with the signing

Yeah, the LP did go for high prices in mint condition. I always figured it would get a re-release so I'm glad it finally did. My Stephen King collection is not complete without it!

Never saw a copy of the LP myself, but have had a really nice CDR transfer for years. Still pissed those deleted scenes featured on the artwork have NEVER shown up......

Ironically enough I was enjoying his excellent synth pop ensemble work for VAMP earlier tonight, what a great record....and on the flip side caught up with the film of PATHFINDER a couple weeks ago which is really weak faux-Zimmer noisy daiko drumming and wailing vocals. I expected more from Elias, but that one, aside from the finale perhaps, is a real dog......and on the other side of THAT, I must HIGHLY recommend THE PRAYER CIRCLE, a non-soundtrack with orchestra and numerous famous vocalists, that is really worth hearing, and miles away from his soundtrack work. Surely it can be found for a buck at Amazon.com, check it out if you like his stuff!!!

I once had a Stephen King compilation with a suite of this and I remember liking it. I think I even considered it the highlight of said disc. It had elements of the "delicious darkness" that I like (really the ONLY type of horror film music that I can enjoy on CD). However, in relistening to the sound clips, I'm not so sure anymore. Perhaps this is more traditional than I had thought, with lots of sneaking-around music and stingers?

A funky bit o' serendipity, here: I caught the film yesterday on Encore and looked up the original album online. While a part of me thinks they should've had the original score alongside the remake score on one CD (a la MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE), this is a nice surprise.

Also, notice that the "ph" in Stephen is sort of a pussy version of "v" as used in my name Steven.

Lol.

Funny you should mention this. I was watching the extra's of "The Mist" this week where director Frank Darabont confessed that he initially pronounced "Stephen" as "steffen" because of the ph, of course it should be pronounced as Steven but he didn't know that. I did the same thing when I first read his name and it took me a while to make the switch.